Transforming broadband
Marking a milestone in the broadband industry
For 25 years, Calix has been on a mission to transform society one community at a time. This is a result of the hard work our customers are driving to close the digital divide and transform their communities.
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Our history of innovation, growth, and customer successes
Over the years, we've consistently helped broadband service providers, of all sizes, to simplify operations, engagement, and service, innovate for their consumer, business, and municipal subscribers, and grow their business and the communities they serve.
The world’s only end-to-end broadband platform with award-winning managed services
In the 1% of start-ups who reach revenue of $1 billion
Re-shaping their businesses and the communities they serve
Calix history
Calix’s story of transforming an industry
This is the story of two individuals, their colleagues, and the business that they collectively transformed: Carl Russo, a visionary founder who clearly saw a market disruption, Michael Weening, a CEO who became his partner on the journey, and an entire team that, working together, orchestrated a company-wide reimagining of the entire enterprise. This transformation has enabled our customers—broadband service providers of all types—to reshape their businesses to address a once-in-a-generation opportunity to better their communities.
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The beginning
Founded on August 17, 1999 by Carl Russo (today’s chairman of the board), Calix was initially a hardware company, enabling rural providers to build fiber networks and better compete.
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Transforming the industry
In 2011, Calix began a 12-year transformational journey and $1.2 billion investment to build a comprehensive broadband platform—transforming Calix into a platform, cloud, and managed services company.
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A new chapter
In October 2022, Michael Weening was appointed as president and Chief Executive Officer, transforming culture, products, and customer relationships to lead Calix into the future.
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Providers and their subscribers
Our end-to-end platform, cloud, and managed services democratize the use of data—enabling broadband providers of any size to operate efficiently, acquire subscribers, and deliver exceptional experiences.
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Our employees
We wouldn’t be here without our expert and dedicated employees! By cultivating innovation, collaboration, and growth through our award-winning culture, our employees are creating better broadband experiences.
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The future
Less than 10% of start-ups survive for 25 years. And less than 1% reach revenue of $1 billion. We’re proud of all we’ve achieved—and look forward to continuing to transform communities for the next 25+ years!
- The beginning
- Transforming the industry
- A new chapter
- Providers and their subscribers
- Our employees
- The future
Milestones
Milestones of progress of growth, culture and transformation
Explore how Calix has evolved over 25 years of innovation and transformation. Discover the highlights of our journey as we have helped our customers simplify, innovate, and grow.
celebrating our customers
Our success isn’t possible without our customers
Born from the idea that stronger networks create stronger communities, Calix’s roots run deep in our customer relationships and their unwavering commitment to providing safe, secure and reliable broadband connectivity for underserved communities worldwide. As Calix celebrates 25 years, we are truly celebrating our customers and their successes.
A leader in sustainability
ALLO Fiber is leading the broadband industry with their visionary green strategy supported by the Calix Broadband Platform. The platform’s unique network architecture resulted in as much as a 73 percent reduction in power consumption. ALLO’s vision aligns with Calix’s commitment to a sustainable business future all.
Elevating the local economy
Gibson Connect is elevating their communities and local economies, transforming the 13th poorest region in the U.S. by installing a new fiber network by leveraging the power of the Calix Broadband Platform and cloud services. This partnership has had a major impact on education, business, jobs and the regional economy.
Transforming the community
Tombigbee Fiber is transforming their business and rural communities with the Calix Broadband Platform. They leverage a community-wide SmartTown™ network, granting first responders free access to secure and reliable Wi-Fi. They integrate Bark, Calix’s AI-enabled social media monitoring tool to protect from cyberbullying and are achieving an astounding NPS of 91!
REFLECTING ON SUCCESS
We’re proud of what we’ve achieved, and we’re just getting started.
As we celebrate 25 years, we're sharing thoughts from our executive leadership team on Calix’s evolution and future in the broadband industry.